News headlines for “Racism”, page 125
POLITICS-MALAYSIA: By-Poll Debacle May Hit Reforms
- Inter Press Service
A key parliamentary by-election on Saturday that fell to a resurgent opposition alliance has piled pressure on Malaysia's prime minister-to-be, Najib Razak.
INDIA/PAKISTAN: Civil Society Mounts Peace Offensive
- Inter Press Service
A visit to India by a delegation of civil society activists from Pakistan as part of a ‘peace offensive’ is expected to help keep the two South Asian neighbours from going to war over the Nov. 26-29 terror attacks on Mumbai city.
BOLIVIA: Christian Groups Stir Up Debate over New Constitution
- Inter Press Service
'Did you know they want to throw God out of Bolivia?' asks a television spot frequently broadcast by opponents of leftwing Bolivian President Evo Morales ahead of the Jan. 25 referendum on constitutional reform.
CHILE: Ex Political Prisoners in Therapeutic Theatre
- Inter Press Service
A group of former political prisoners in Chile will become actors and actresses this month to heal the wounds left by the 1973-1990 dictatorship. They will be performing a cycle of plays written in torture camps and in exile.
MALAYSIA: By-Poll Will Test Political Drift
- Inter Press Service
Following the political tsunami in March, which propelled a disparate opposition alliance to power in five of 13 Malaysian states, voters in the capital of oil-rich Terengganu state will determine Saturday if an 'east coast monsoon' will drive the alliance closer to national power.
RELIGION: Catholic Church Family Meet Slams Door on Diversity
- Inter Press Service
The social diversity and broad range of thinking among Catholics is conspicuously absent from the Sixth World Meeting of Families taking place in the Mexican capital this week, say observers.
CULTURE-PAKISTAN: Artistes Caught in Crossfire
- Inter Press Service
Arson attacks and killings have shut down girls’ schools and brought a thriving entertainment industry to its knees in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP).
SRI LANKA: Journos Vow to Carry on Slain Editor's Legacy
- Inter Press Service
Every Tuesday the editorial of ‘The Sunday Leader,’ the feisty, investigative Colombo newspaper, goes through a ritual. Through the morning the editorial staff amble in and out with tension levels rising as deadlines near.
MIDEAST: Malaysia Exercised Over Gaza
- Inter Press Service
As an economically advanced country that seeks a key role in the Muslim world, it is perhaps natural that Malaysia and its people are exercised over Israel’s war in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza.
RELIGION-INDIA: Reviving Buddhism Where It Was Born
- Inter Press Service
Over 50 years ago, the author of India’s constitution, B. R. Ambedkar, set in motion a Buddhist socio-political movement which many believe is now ready to fructify through Mayawati, chief minister of northern Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state.
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